Razor Wire: Stainless Steel vs. Galvanized Comparison

Razor wire, which is also known by the names Razor Ribbon, Helical, Security Barbed Tape and Concertina Wire, is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent passage by humans. The term "razor wire", through long usage, has generally been used to describe barbed tape products. While razor wire is much sharper than the standard barbed wire, it's not actually razor sharp.

Razor wire can be made out of either stainless steel or galvanized steel.  This article will explore the benefits and drawbacks of the two.

The fundamental difference between stainless steel and galvanized razor wire is that the galvanized wire is protected from rust and weathering by a coating which can be scraped or scratched off, leaving the wire exposed to the elements, while in stainless steel, the actual material that the razor wire is made out of is resistant to rust and weather because of its carbon content has been reduced through the blending of metal alloys at high heats.

The stainless steel is universally accepted as the preferred option. This is because of its superior performance in strength, longevity and appearance.  Because of its highly corrosive resistant properties, the razor edges of the stainless steel razor wire stay and sharp. While the leading edge of the galvanized type tends to lose its vividness due to the thin zinc coating that peels off leaving the ‘razor barbs’ blunt and less effective both physically and psychologically.  Stainless steel will far outlast the effectiveness galvanized wire by many many years (decades).

[caption id="attachment_454" align="alignright" width="300"] Stainless Steel Razor Wire - photo: www.alibaba.com[/caption]

Stainless steel is more costly to manufacture and is therefore more expensive to the end user. However with this information and knowledge consumers can properly compare and assure knowing what they are getting at a minimum and certainly be able to avoid purchasing the galvanized type when the two types are close to the same price.
This relative comparison becomes even more apparent when product use is very long term, especially near or under water.

As always when there is labor involved, in the long run higher quality material is usually more economical due to the long-term reduction in installation and maintenance costs.

 

Watch Welded Wire Fence Being Manufactured

Check out this awesome video of Oklahoma Steel's Fencing Materials Plant complete with ripping bluegrass sound track! We love robots! Thanks to Louis E. Page for posting on their great blog.

Sometimes Fence Installation IS Rocket Science

[caption id="attachment_512" align="alignright" width="300"] NASA Space Fence Graphical Interface Representation[/caption]

Michael Cooney of NetworkWorld reports on a $3.5 billion Space Fence to be installed by NASA, which is expected to be operational by 2017.

Construction is expected to begin September 2013 and is planned to take 48 months to complete construction and testing, the Air Force said.

The Space Fence is part of the Department of Defense's effort to better track and detect space objects which can consist of thousands of pieces of space debris as well as commercial and military satellite parts.  Approximately 19,000 objects larger than 10 cm are known to exist, according to NASA.  The Space Fence will replace the current VHF Air Force Space Surveillance System built in 1961.

Lockheed Martin reported earlier this year that a prototype system it is developing to track all manner of space debris  is now tracking actual orbiting space objects. Raytheon and others are involved in that Space Fence development process.

And we thought we built some fancy fences.

I Like the Way You Think - fence joke

A little boy is in school working on his arithmetic. The teacher says, "Imagine there are 5 black birds sitting on a fence. You pick up your BB gun and shoot one. How many blackbirds are left?"

The little boy thinks for a moment and says, "NONE!" The teacher replies, "None, how do you figure that?" The little boy says, if I shoot one, all the other birds will fly away scared, leaving none on the fence." The teacher replies, "Hmm, not exactly, but I do like the way you think!"

The little boy then says, "Teacher, let me ask you a question. There are 3 women sitting on a park bench eating ice cream cones. One is licking her cone, another is biting it and the third one is sucking it. How can you tell which one of the women is married?"

The teacher ponders the question uncomfortably and then finally replies, "Well, I guess the one sucking her cone."

To which the little boy replies, "Actually, its the one with the wedding ring, but I do like the way YOU think!"

Barbed and Razor Wire Fence Laws

A recent post by Dottie Smith on Redding.com mentions a California Law from the late 1800's making it a misdemeanor to erect a barbed wire fence adjacent to a pubic road without also erecting "in a substantial manner a board or a rail closer than three feet from the ground on such fence, equal in strength and size to a pine board six inches in width, one inch in thickness, and sixteen feet in length".

This brings up the issue of balancing security and esthetics, because no one wants to live in a neighborhood that feels like a prison.

[caption id="attachment_471" align="alignright" width="300"] The owners of J&L Auto Sales and Service, has had his lot robbed many times since having to remove the razor wire from the fence around his shop. - photo: nj.com[/caption]

This article on NJ.com a few years ago addresses some issues that came up in regards to this in Newark when the city began enforcing a 1966 law that banned barbed-wire. The comments bring the various strong feelings of readers to light.

 

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Word of the Month: Galvanized

[caption id="attachment_436" align="alignright" width="300"] Galvanization Process - photo: http://www.tlirr.com/galvanizing[/caption]

The term galvanized refers to metal, most often steel, that has been put through the process of galvanization. The word is derived from the name of the Italian scientist Luigi Galvani, who in 1772, discovered the electrochemical process that takes place between metals during an experiment with frog legs, but that's a whole other story.

As described in Wikipedia, Galvanization (or galvanisation) is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, in order to prevent rusting. Further reading at galvanizit.org shows that the first record of zinc use in construction dates back to the first century AD, but that it was in 1742 that P.J. Malouin, a French chemist, presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences several experiments involving coating iron with molten zinc.

Fall Maintenance Tips on a Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_416" align="alignleft" width="300"] Maple Leaves Over Wood Picket Fence - photo: http://greenwalks.wordpress.com[/caption]

The Fall Equinox marks the time of the Earth's astronomical half-way point between Summer and Winter, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun. It typically occurs on or about September 21st and marks the official beginning of Fall. If you haven't been, it's a good time to think about some simple maintenance on your wood fence. We wanted to share a few tips from Rick's Fencing Blog.

Clean
Getting rid of leaves, dirt and other yard debris is a simple and effective way of preventing mold and mildew from damaging the wood. Mold and mildew can grow inside wood fence panels and cause decay over time. Keeping the fence clean can make a huge difference in the duration of it's usefulness and beauty.

[caption id="attachment_414" align="alignright" width="238"] Tom Sawyer Whitewashing the Fence - photo: pbs.org[/caption]

Remove Overhanging Tree Limbs
Especially with wind, snow and ice coming, loose and low-hanging tree limbs can damage wood fence panels and posts if they fall on or into them. Frozen tree limbs are much more likely to break and fall than normal tree limbs, so even if a branch or limb looks fine during the summer, you may want to remove or secure it before the cold winter weather begins. Remember that it's much more enjoyable (to most of us) to work on the yard on a fifty to sixty degree sunny day than in a twenty degree ice storm.

Fence Stain
Cedar fences are especially resilient to water and insect damage, but can still benefit greatly from of a fresh coat of a simple water-repellant stain. As Tom Sawyer pointed out, this can be a fun project.


Inspect Fence Following  Rain and Storm
Check the fence after any major storm for water damage, breaks and other problems that can be addressed before they spread or progress.

Entropy, or the natural tendency of things to fall apart occurs faster in extreme weather such as Fall and Winter, but with a little discipline and TLC the planetary calendar can be the very thing that keeps our homes looking and feeling as good as new.

Happy Autumn, everybody.

(Thanks to Greenwalks for Maple Leaf image.)

Antique Barbed Wire Society?!?!

[caption id="attachment_390" align="alignright" width="450"] Popular Antique Barbed Wire Styles - photo: farmcollector.com[/caption]

Guess it makes sense. What isn't there a society for these days. Call it a stretch, but today in fence history in 2006, the antique barbed wire society website was accessed for the Wikipedia article on Barbed Wire. Seems like a more interesting post than a thief in Mobile Alabama cutting two fences to steal $5000 worth of copper and welding supplies.

Check out the Best of Antique Barbed Wire article on the Farm Collector website.

Nine Types of Wood Fence Compared and Explained

[caption id="attachment_573" align="alignright" width="300"] Board on Board Shadowbox Wood Fence[/caption]

There are as many different types of wood fence as your mind can fathom including fence made from wood found in your yard, split rail timber and wooden rails and pickets attached to steel posts. This article offers an overview of some of the most common options in wooden fence styles and their benefits and pricing.

We'll look at the following wood fence styles:

Tongue and Groove Wood Fence
Board on Batten Wood Fence
Lattice Wood Fence
Board on Board or Shadowbox Style Wood Fence
Solid Board Wood Fence
Stockade Style Wood Fence
Spindle Picket Wood Fence
Spaced Picket Fence
Post and Rail Wood Fence

I'm gonna guess that if you're still reading you are either interested in installing a fence or writing a book that includes one because let's face it, there are more compelling subjects on the internet.

The primary differences in the above styles are price, degree of privacy and esthetics (in other words how nice it looks), and you guessed it, the best looking and most private wood fences are the least inexpensive. Well explore the options more-or-less from the top down, price-wise, so scroll to the bottom if you're on a tight budget and don't mind being visible.

Tongue and Groove Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_574" align="alignright" width="300"] Tongue and Groove Wood Fence with Diamond Top Design[/caption]

Similar, but not the same as Tongue in Groove, Tongue and groove or T&G is a method where fence boards are joined together, edge to edge. Tongue and groove joints allow two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface. This type of fence is known as a "Good Neighbor Fence" because it looks identical on both sides. This is achieved with the use of thin cross rails on both each of the fencing, which are sufficient because of the added strength provided by the tongue and groove joints between the boards. When wood expands and contracts, the interlocking boards retain connection, preventing the 1/8"-1/4" gaps between boards on traditional stockade and solid board fencing.

Board on Batten Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_575" align="alignright" width="200"] Board on Batten Style[/caption]

The high privacy fence more common in the Midwest US called Board-and-batten fence in which narrow planks, called "battens", are festooned over the joints between the boards. The result resembles siding on farm buildings of the past. The top rail on this type of fence protects the ends of the vertical boards from the weather, giving them a long life. The assembly of a board-and-batten fence requires the placing of a board vertically and a batten in the opposite direction. This fence is made by alternating board and batten directions, butted to one another, and covered with a top rail.

 

Lattice Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_578" align="alignright" width="250"] Lattice Top Wood Fence[/caption]

Lattice fence styles are a more decorative fence type and a true lattice fence is one in which the entire area between posts is composed of lattice-work, potentially framed. The more common variation is a fence with lattice-work at the top.

 

 

 

 

[caption id="attachment_580" align="alignright" width="300"] Board on Board (Shadowbox) Wood Fence[/caption]

Board on Board or Shadowbox Style Wood Fence
Board on Board (also known as shadowbox) fencing is also considered a "good neighbor fence" due to both sides being identical. Board on Board fencing is a semi-private fence which allows airflow and sight through the openings between the fence boards on either side.

 

Solid Board Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_581" align="alignright" width="250"] Solid Board Wood Fence Style[/caption]

Solid board fencing is the simplest and most common style of fencing in which the boards are fastened to the rails side-by-side. This type of fence offers a high degree of privacy, but the expansion and contraction of wood through changes in weather will create some gaps between boards. Solid board fences may may be customized by adding picket detail as dog ear, gothic, French gothic, arch or scallop to the top.

Stockade Style Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_582" align="alignright" width="250"] Stockade Style Wood Fence[/caption]

The fundamental difference between stockade and solid board style wood fence brings to light the difference between a fence board and a fence picket. A board is flat on both sides, which a picket has a convex bevel on one side. The stockade fence is a modern variation on stockade fortifications, which were simple forms of defense of military camps or settlements, used since ancient Roman times and earlier. They offer the same fundamental privacy and security as board on board, with a more traditional or even historic look.

Spindle Picket Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_583" align="alignright" width="300"] Spindle Picket Wood Fence[/caption]

Spindle Picket wood fence is considered a New England type picket fence (on the high end of spaced picket) with a more discriminating design, which utilizes a square or rounded picket, usually about 2" x 2" with a spacing of 1"- 3" between spindles. Spindle fencing achieves the look of a deck railing with the durability of a solid square picket. Spindle picket fencing detail options include a cap board, gothic picket cut, and 45-degree angle cut. Spindle picket fencing is available in 48" and 60" heights. The rounded pickets are called balusters and are made on a lathe.

Spaced Picket Fence

[caption id="attachment_584" align="alignright" width="259"] Spaced Picket Wood Fence[/caption]

One of the most economical choices, spaced picket fencing styles have gaps between the boards ranging from 1"-3" so it doesn't really offer much in the way of privacy. But since spaced picket fence can be installed in heights ranging from 3' high to 8" it does serve to contain or prevent entry when desired.

 

Post and Rail Wood Fence

[caption id="attachment_586" align="alignright" width="300"] Rustic Post and Rail (Split Rail Style) Fence[/caption]

For those who just need to keep covered wagons and stray horses out off the lawn, the rustic Post and Rail fence offers an old fashioned, rustic feeling of the old Split Rail fences from which they are derived. It's a sturdy, long lasting design made of posts connected by two or three thick rails, which in the original split rail design were simply the split trunks of small trees.

If you have any questions feel free to send an email to info@academyfence.com
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Morning Glories add Beautiful Accent to Coated Chain Link Fence

[caption id="attachment_367" align="aligncenter" width="860"] Vickie Dalton shares this photo of morning glories growing on her chain link fence.[/caption]

The gorgeous morning glory vine accents a simple coated chain link fence as presented in Greenville, North Carolina's Daily Reflector.

 

Chinese Steel Fence Protects Japanese Embassy

[caption id="attachment_357" align="alignright" width="300"] Steel Fence Protecting Japanese Embassy - photo: AP[/caption]

To the right is a picture from the Associated Press of Chinese paramilitary forces using a portable fence to protect the Japanese Embassy from protestors, expressing anger at Japanese wartime occupation of China.

The US Embassy next door was also subject to some of the protests, with about 50 protesters surrounding the car of U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke and trying to block him from entering the compound.

The incident came amid heightened vigilance for American diplomats following violent attacks on U.S. embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt. The embassy said it has asked China's government to do everything possible to protect American facilities and personnel.

The large and sometimes violent anti-Japan protests that roiled many Chinese cities over the weekend were triggered by the Japanese government's decision last week to purchase some disputed East China Sea islands from their private Japanese owners. More demonstrations followed Tuesday, the 81st anniversary of Japan's invasion of China, an emotional remembrance that further stoked the outrage.

Due to China's censorship of the internet, Users couldn't search for "anti-Japan protests" on China's Twitter-like site Sina Weibo on Sunday morning, and many of the previous day's photos had been taken down.

According to the Japan Times:

[caption id="attachment_356" align="alignright" width="300"] Protestors Against Steel Fence - photo: Japan Times[/caption]

In the largest anti-Japan protests since China and Japan normalized diplomatic ties in 1972, more than 70,000 Chinese staged rallies Saturday in at least 28 cities to demand that Japan surrender the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands to China. The largest demonstration, in Qingdao, Shandong Province, attracted as many as 30,000 people and evolved into rioting as protestors torched as many as 10 Japanese enterprises, including a Panasonic factory. In Beijing, police deployed more than 100 officers as well as 100 vehicles around the Japanese Embassy to prevent protesters from taking violent action. But clashes ensued as an estimated 1,000 protestors busted barricades, blocked traffic and hurled plastic bottles and eggs onto the embassy grounds. Carrying Chinese flags, they chanted "Protect the Diaoyu Islands" and "Slap economic sanctions on Japan." When there are protests against China's government, the Chinese security forces clamp down hard, but these rallies appeared to have the tacit approval of Chinese authorities.

Fence Irresponsibility Caused Child's Death Yesterday

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignright" width="300"] Caution Tape - photo: NBC News[/caption]

We are saddened and frustrated to learn that yesterday afternoon, according to Fox and NBC News, an 18 month old boy who was playing at the beach near a chain link fence suffered a severe head laceration and died early this morning after having been air lifted to the hospital.

It happened Monday at 4:55 p.m. in Ransom Beach.  Nassau County police say the chain link fence was unattached before it fell.

Why do people think it's acceptable to approach construction in irresponsible and dangerous ways?

The name of the child has not been released. Investigation is ongoing.

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19571656/long-island-boy-dies-after-fence-falls#ixzz26poAnfPg

Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Toddler-Dies-Fence-Long-Island-Beach-170166616.html

Farewell to an Old Friend

We were sorry to learn that one of our favorite local companies are closing their doors. According to the West Orange Patch, Rock Spring Water will be going out of business.

After more than 60 years of providing West Orange with fresh spring bottled water and coolers, the owners of the Rock Spring Water company, now called Diamond Spring Water, are looking to sell their building located on Northfield Avenue.

The owners sold the account to Diamond Spring Water earlier this year and are now in the process of selling the landmark building.

Looking through the public commentary on the building, locals like us are hoping the building will be occupied by a business that will contribute to our community.

I feel the same way. We need more businesses based on the needs of the community. We've been drinking local Essex County Rock Spring Water for Decades and have always appreciated the clean crisp quality. It is nice to know that it's not being trucked by tankers and processed far away. On Behalf of Academy Fence Company in Orange, Essex County, NJ .... Thanks for the years of quality water and we're sorry to see you go.

The Case of the Stolen Fence

Now they're stealing fences! In Nashua, New Hampshire, according to the Nashua Telegraph, a bistro was forced to shut down it's patio after the fence was stolen.

Apparently the fence was dismantled at the time due to the extensive construction on the sidewalk which was pretty much discouraging diners from enjoying the patio anyway.

What will thieves think of next, stealing the front door?

This Ain't No White Picket Fence

[caption id="attachment_324" align="alignright" width="300"] US Mexico Border Fence - photo: allamericanpatriots.com[/caption]

Today in Fence history, Representative Peter T. King (Republican from New York) introduced the Secure Fence Act of 2006 with the goal of helping to secure America’s borders to decrease illegal entry, drug trafficking, and security threats by building 700 miles (1,100 km) of physical barriers along the Mexico-United States border.

The Bill passed the following day and was signed into law be President George W. Bush on October 14th of the same year.

American sentiment spans the spectrum between a kill-on-sight policy and those who feel the world should be border-less. We'd like to know how you feel.

Word of the Month: Auger

An auger is a spiral shaped tool designed to move solid or liquid material from one area to another. When the tool rotates, the material moves along the spiral to the desired location. A drill bit, which is the most common auger, uses the design to remove the shavings and other debris from the hole while it is being drilled.
Augers have been in use since as long ago as between 100 and 200 BC, when Greek mathematician Archimedes is known to have invented the first one. This design was called a water-screw, which transferred water from lower to higher levels. The Archimedes Screw is still in use today, although the task is usually done with pumps.
An auger used for digging post holes is called an earth auger, soil auger, or mechanized post hole digger. This kind of auger can be a manually turned, handheld device, or powered by an electric motor or internal-combustion engine, possibly attached to a tractor (being provided with power by the tractor engine's power take-off as shown). Handheld augers can also be used for making holes for garden planting.
Augers can be very useful when tree roots interfere with the digging of fence post holes. Augers come in many different types and sizes. Here are a few:

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Welded Wire Chicken Coop Discusion

[caption id="attachment_311" align="alignright" width="300"] Welded Wire Chicken Coop - photo from livingthecountrylife.com[/caption]

Came across and interesting discussion on making chicken coops out of welded wire at the backyard chickens website and wanted to chime in with a plug: As far as welded wire goes for use in gardens and coops, it is much better than chicken wire, mainly because of strength. Welded wire is wire that is welded to create a sheet of material. Most welded wire is made of galvanized stainless steel, but over time the weld joints themselves will begin to rust fence will start to loose integrity, which is why I'd probably opt for a vinyl coated welded wire, which is a bit more expensive but aesthetically does looks a lot better and will last about 30 - 40% than the regular galvanized wire. The only think I'm not sure about is whether the chickens would peck at, and or eat the coating.

Photo above is from an article in Living the Country Life: Kevin Davis' chicken coop measures 8' x 12'. He fenced in a 20' x 20' x 6' tall run area. The run fencing is 1" x 2" welded wire with poultry wire over the top. "Before I completed this I lost one chicken to a hawk," he says.

Our 14 gauge 1' x 2' Coated Welded Wire runs $98.40 for a hundred foot roll (24' high) and $65.90 for the un-coated. One thing to be aware of when shopping for Coated Welded Wire is whether the gauge is measured with or without the coating. A lower gauge is a heavier material. So are you looking at a 14 gauge galvanized mesh with a coating or a 16 gauge which becomes 14 with the coating?

Please post your thoughts below.

Chain Link Fence Saves Car from Fall

[caption id="attachment_304" align="alignright" width="300"] Car Being Pulled over Fence from Rock Ledge - photo: Vera Johnson, West Seattle Herald[/caption]

According to the West Seattle Herald, a young driver was saved by a chain link fence last night from having his car fall off of a fifteen foot rock ledge. The Herald reports an eye witness account: "The cab pulled back into the lane, causing the swerving car to spin out," which sent that car through the fence on Johnson's property. He ended up hanging precariously over a 15 foot rock wall, suspended by the fence. "He crawled out and he is a young man, about 25 years old maybe who lives down the street."

Ribbons on St. Paul Chapel Fence Commemorate 9/11 Attack Responders

[caption id="attachment_296" align="alignright" width="300"] St. Paul's Chapel Fence - photo from DNAinfo.com[/caption]

You may remember that the old iron fence around St. Paul's Chapel in Downtown Manhattan is decorated with ribbons in memory and honor of the responders to the 9/11 attacks.

It's been 11 years since terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center towers, and more than a year-and-a-half since President Barack Obama signed into law a bill meant to compensate responders and survivors sickened from exposure to the hazardous debris and toxins of Ground Zero.

According to the Huffington Post, they may have to wait more than a year more before seeing any of the funds authorized in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

"It's going to be a process, and I think it's going to take a year or two until that process really gets moving," said Sheila Birnbaum, the special master of the $2.775 billion 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. "People have to get medical records, they have to do all kinds of things, and they're going to have to get certified that they meet the criteria."

See a slideshow from DNAinfo.com here.

24 mile long Art Fence on this Day in 1976

[caption id="attachment_289" align="alignright" width="300"] Running Fence by Christo and Jeanne-Claude[/caption]

On September 10th in 1976, exactly thirty-six years ago today, the married artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude completed a 24.5 mile long art project called Running Fence. It project was installed in the hills of Sonoma in Marin County, California. The 18-foot (5.5 m) high fence was composed of 2,050 panels of white nylon fabric hung from steel cables by means of 350,000 hooks. The cables were supported by 2,050 steel poles stuck into the ground and braced by steel guy wires anchored to the earth. It was removed by the builders 14 days after completion, leaving no visible trace.

[caption id="attachment_290" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Color photograph by Wolfgang Volz[/caption]

 

250 Mile Electric Fence to Stop Elephants

 

[caption id="attachment_280" align="alignright" width="300"] Elephants challenging an electric fence. Photo: L. Osborn from african-elephant.org[/caption]

According to the BBC, the Kenyan conservational charity Rhino Ark are going to build a fence around Mt. Kenya to prevent elephants and other wild animals from venturing down into farmland and destroying badly needed crops.

The fence will encircle over 700 square feet of indigenous forests, which also includes many rivers outflowing in all directions down the mountain.

The fence, which will have five electrified strands, will discourage wild animals from straying from the mountain's forests and devastating crops on the small holdings on the other side of the fence.

It discharges a shock, but not one that endangers people or animals.

Building the first phase of the fence, which will be 50km long, has already begun and is expected to be completed by the beginning of 2014, Rhino Ark says.

Minister of Finance Njeru Githae is to drive a post into the ground to officially inaugurate the project on Friday.

BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says the scheme may seem wildly optimistic, but Rhino Ark has already fenced in the Aberdare mountains, which provide water for Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

That fence took 12 years to complete. This one is expected to take 5 years.

An Old Tom Sawyer Trick gets the Fence Painted

[caption id="attachment_274" align="alignright" width="300"] Tom Sawyer Art Fence outside of the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum - photo by Alan Warren from YourHoustonNews[/caption]

When Mark Twain's classic character Tom Sawyer was faced with whitewashing a fence on a summer day, he made the task look so appealing that his friends begged to help. Soon Tom was rolling in wealth, and the fence had three coats of whitewash.

Like Tom, those going to the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum (AYAM) are faced with “thirty yards of board fence nine feet high,” but co-curators Leann Newton and Kathy Goss rose to the challenge of calling attention to the museum.

Tucked away at the back of The Westchester Academy of International Studies and behind Spring Branch ISD’s south transition campus, the museum can be hard to find.

So Newton and Goss turned to Spring Branch ISD art students for help. Now the fence (made of wire in this case) is covered with banners of art from students at 30 Spring Branch ISD schools.

Read more at YourHoustonNews.com

Feisty Kangaroo

A newly captured kangaroo was brought into a small city zoo.
She was very wild, leaping all around the enclosure most of the day.
Early next morning the old keeper gets a call that she's leaping down the road into town.
Apparently the six foot fence wasn't high enough so they raised it to eight feet.
Next morning she's out again. They raise it to ten feet.
A polar bear in the next enclosure asks, "How high do you think they'll go?"
The kangaroo replies, "As high as the trees I imagine if they keep leaving the gate unlocked".

A Bowed Fence and the Rules of Golf

[caption id="attachment_266" align="alignright" width="225"] Bowed Golf Fence[/caption]

A tip for you golfers from the San Antonio Express-News:

Part of a boundary fence is bowed toward the course so that it is inside the boundary line formed by the fence posts. A player’s ball comes to rest against this part of the fence. Is the player entitled to relief?

No. A fence defining out of bounds is not an obstruction even if part of it is inside the boundary line formed by the fence posts.

Rule courtesy of Gene Riley, member of San Antonio Rules of Golf Group and USGA Regional Affairs Committee

Green Bay Packers Interactive Fence

[caption id="attachment_224" align="alignright" width="300"] Packers Fence Painting source: Green Bay Press Gazette[/caption]

The famous fence across from Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers play (referred to as the "crown jewel of the NFL") is famous for it's annual community painting project.

This year, as last year the Packers had a contest to develop the years slogan, which is "Donald and the Pack: Back to the Big Dance".

"People love to get involved with this and it makes a lot of sense," said Bruce Kiel, creator of the fence slogan.  "Nothing fancy, it's a good time, just back the Pack."Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy agrees that the event is a unique way for fans to support their Green and Gold."

It's a great tradition, to me it kind of signifies and personifies, the unique nature of the Packers organization, and relationship we have with our neighbors and with the community and we're very supportive of it," said Murphy.

The slogan was inspired by Packers all-star wide receiver Donald Driver's win on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" this past spring.

See a photo gallery of the painting process here.

Source: WBAY News